In his speech on the West Nile Virus, Derrick informed the audience that "mosquitoes were the

transformers of the disease." This statement contains a

A) technical term.
B) metaphor.
C) malapropism.
D) vocalized pause.
E) jargon.

C

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Since language is symbolic,

A. words do not themselves have meaning but represent ideas, feelings, objects, or events. B. words are the same as meanings. C. people respond to denotative rather than connotative meanings. D. word meanings are not arbitrary.

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The phrase "We Americans are not socialists!" provides an example of creating perspective through contrast

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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